An Introduction to Theory in Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9780521629829 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 254 str.

Robert Layton

Opis

Written for undergraduates, this introduction to anthropology theory reviews the ideas that have inspired anthropologists in their studies of societies around the world. It offers analysis of the key theories, past and present, and traces the way in which they have been translated into anthropological debates. It shows how various theoretical perspectives have shaped competing, or complementary, accounts of specific human societies.

Recenzje

'In a concise, readable book, Layton has produced a theoretical guide that will find itself a ready audience almost immediately. This book will make a significant addition to an already full shelf of good introductory texts on anthropology, and frankly it is the text that many might crave for archaeological theory.' Antiquity

Spis treści

1. The idea of a social system; 2. Functionalism; 3. Structuralism; 4. Interactionist theory; 5. Marxist anthropology; 6. Socioecology; 7. Postmodernism and anthropology.